Intel RST Is Not Running...

[stahlhart]

I'm confused.

I have two drives in my build -- an Intel 120Gb G2 SSD, and a Samsung 1Tb F3 spinner.

Do I need/want RST installed? Does it buy me anything if I'm not running RAID? Reason I'm asking is that I have it installed, but can't launch it -- it crashes every time I try. In the taskbar, there's an icon (a drive with a blue "donut" over it), but I mouse over it and I get the status message in the thread title. So I go to services and start the RST Service. The icon still says it isn't running, and I still can't launch the application.

I said "confused" because's Intel's writeup of RST suggests that single drive users benefit from having it running (NCQ is mentioned as an example).

I could have sworn back when I first built this thing that I had it running. I just noticed this over the weekend (deepow's thread got me to look at it).

So I'm just lost here. (?)

 

[razel]

You don't need it. NCQ is supported with the default MS drivers. If you're having trouble launching the program uninstall it. After uninstalling, check your Intel drive controller in the 'Device Manager' and uninstall or rollback the driver if it isn't using the default MS drivers. If it reinstalls the Intel driver, ensure in the system properties, device installation settings, that updating drivers from windows update is off. Or at least turn it off temporarily. Once you get it at that state, then reinstall RST. If you continue to have the same issues, forget it and move on with life. As long as the driver is installed you're good. The RST app is informational for NON-RAID users.

The only time I would recommend it is for RAID and laptop owners with SSDs. It does help reduce power consumption on laptops with Intel SSDs. At least with the laptops that I own.

 

[stahlhart]

Thanks for the reply...

Here's what I currently have, after uninstalling RST (though there's still a dead link to it in Control Panel that wasn't removed ):

Is the unknown device the Intel controller? I didn't have that prior to uninstalling RST (though I'm not sure about the ATA/ATAPI controller -- and why don't I have an ATA Channel 2?).

(edit: fixed -- it was the "Intel Management Engine Interface"; I needed to reinstall the chipset drivers)

 

[RU482]

go to Intel->driver downloads, and type in "inf". download for your OS.

 

[groberts101]

razel nailed it.

Personally speaking.. I prefer using the Intel drivers whenever possible as they seem to offer better deep q-depth performance from supposedly deeper reaching NCQ support.

Kind of gives the overall impression that caching has improved when doing heavier multitasking. Even greater differences are perceivable when using raid as it's a cumulative gain x the number of drives used and latency slightly improves as well. I'll take every little bit I can get.. especially when its free.